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Creator:

Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967  Search this

Names:

Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs), 1890-1967  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Camuzzi, M.  Search this

Harris & Ewing  Search this

Collection Creator:

Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer, 1883-1956  Search this

Harris, Fred (photographer)  Search this

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Extent:

1 Scrapbook (b&w, 5 x 7 inches.)

Type:

Archival materials

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Place:

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Date:

circa 1907 - 1911

Biographical / Historical:

Lillian Evans was born in Washington, DC to a cultured, well-educated, middle-class family. She was the first African American woman to sing opera with an organized European company. Her mother was Annie Lillian Brooks Evans, a music teacher in the DC public school system, and her father was Wilson Bruce Evans, organizer and first principal of Armstrong Technical High School in Washington, DC. Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, was her great-uncle and two other family members are credited with taking part in John Borwn's raid on Harper's Ferry. She married Howard University music professor, Roy W. Tibbs in 1918. Her stage name, Madame Evanti, is a combination of her last name and her husband's. Evans had one child, Thurlow Tibbs Sr., and two grandchildren, Diane Elizabeth and Thurlow Evans Tibbs. Thurlow Jr., operated a museum, The Evans-Tibbs Collection, which centered around the life of Lillian Evans until 1996, a year before his death.

Restrictions:

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

African Americans  Search this

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Citation:

Evans-Tibbs collection, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Estate of Thurlow E. Tibbs, Jr.

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Evans-Tibbs Collection

Evans-Tibbs Collection / Series 5: Photographs / Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks

Archival Repository:

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa751c82e75-f933-48b6-8160-7e40fa8768a8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-acma-06-016-ref128

Author:

Draper, Deborah Riley  Search this

Thrasher, Travis 1971-  Search this

Subject:

Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)  Search this

Physical description:

x, 388 pages illustrations 24 cm

Type:

Books

Nonfiction

collective biographies

Biographies

Date:

2020

20th century

20e siècle

Topic:

African American athletes--Social conditions  Search this

Sportifs noirs américains--Conditions sociales  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1163230

Creator:

Gaylor, Wood, 1883-1957  Search this

Gaylor, Adelaide Lawson, 1889-1986  Search this

Names:

Artists Coordination Committee (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928  Search this

Extent:

2.6 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

circa 1849-1986

Summary:

The papers of painters Samuel Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor measure 2.6 linear feet and date from circa 1849-1986. They illustrate the couple's careers and lives through biographical materials, correspondence, writings, subject files, printed and photographic material, and artwork.

Scope and Contents:

The Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers measure 2.6 linear feet and date from circa 1849-1986. Biographical material consists of items related to Wood, Adelaide, and their daughter Isabel (Dale) including death certificates, birth certificates, and resumes. Also included are various art sales records. Correspondence is to and from the Gaylor's regarding personal and professional matters. Writings include journals, notebooks, and various autobiographical accounts about Wood's life and career, as well as writings about the Gaylor's and miscellaneous topics by others. Subject files consist of materials relating to the artistic careers of Wood Gaylor and Adelaide Lawson, to Gaylor's work as a fashion pattern designer, and, more broadly, to the New York art scene starting in 1930. Printed material includes exhibition announcements and catalogs, publications, news clippings, and picture postcards. Photographic material consists of photographs of Wood and Adelaide, their family and friends, and artworks. Artwork includes multiple sketchbooks and sketches by Wood, Adelaide, and their daughter Isabel (Dale).

Arrangement:

This collection consists of seven series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1890-1979 (.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1866-1986 (.23 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1909-1979 (.7 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 4: Subject Files, circa 1877-1976 (.5 Linear feet: Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1910-1984 (.5 Linear feet: Box 2, OV 4)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1849-1970 (.4 Linear feet: Boxes 2-3, OV 5)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1916-1940 (.2 Linear feet: Box 3)

Biographical / Historical:

Samuel Wood Gaylor (1883-1957) and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor (1889-1986) were husband and wife artists who worked primarily in New York.

Samuel Wood Gaylor was a painter and lithographer known for his colorful paintings and colored wood carvings. Wood Gaylor was born in Stamford, Connecticut and moved frequently throughout his childhood. When he turned sixteen, he left school to begin work creating sewing patterns at Butterick's. Wood continued to work in the sewing pattern industry where he advanced from designer to assistant manager for the Home Pattern Company, and finally to head of the Manhattan based locations of the New York Pattern Company.

In 1909, he married his first wife Ruth E. M. Lorick, with whom he had one daughter Ruth Wood Gaylor, and began his art training at the National Academy of Design. He continued in 1912 by taking instruction from Walt Kuhn at the New York School of Art in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1926, Wood married his second wife Adelaide Lawson, with whom he had two sons Wynn Lawson and Randall, and one daughter Isabel (Dale) Gaylor who died in 1955.

During his career Wood created artwork in several styles including the impressionist, abstract, and muralistic styles. He had works exhibited in the Armory Show, was a part of the Cooperative Mural Workshop for a short time, and had multiple solo exhibitions. In 1917, Wood joined the Penguin Club with Walt Kuhn and others. This club aimed to provide support for artists who rejected the conservative aesthetics of the National Academy. He exhibited at the Armory Show, the Penguin Club, and the Downtown Gallery and participated in many art organizations including the Kit-Kat Club, Modern Artists of America, American Society of Painters, and Sculptors and Engravers. He served on the board for the Salons of America, the Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation, the New York City Municipal Art Committee, and the Museum of Art, Ogunquit, Maine.

Wood Gaylor died in 1957 at the age of seventy-three in Glenwood Landing, New York.

Adelaide Lawson Gaylor was a painter known for her modernist oil paintings of figures and landscapes. Adelaide Lawson was born in New York to her parents Simeon Levy and Belle Hart Lawson. She completed her artistic training at the Art Students League of New York under Kenneth Hayes Miller and also studied under Hamilton Easter Field at his Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture in Ogunquit, Maine.

Lawson's first public exhibition was at the MacDowell Club in 1916. In 1922, she contributed a painting to a group exhibition held at a segregated high school art studio in Washington D.C. organized and run by black artists. Lawson was a supporter of Black rights and because of her participation in this event her name can be found listed among other black artists. Other exhibitions and shows Lawson participated in were with the Whitney Studio Club, Society of Independent Artists, and the New York Society of Women Artists. She also joined and became a director of the Salons of America founded by Hamilton Easter Field. In 1925, Lawson had her first solo exhibition at Gallery 134.

Adelaide Lawson Gaylor died in 1986 at the age of 97 in Long Island, New York.

Provenance:

The Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers were donated in several installments from 1958 to 2015. In 1958 material found on reel D9 was donated by T. J. McCormick. Material on reel D160 was donated in 1964 by Adelaide Lawson Gaylor and the remainder of the material was donated in 1986 by the Gaylors' sons, Wynn L. and Randall Gaylor. Sixteen items, mostly cards and letters to Gaylor were donated in 2008 by Christine Oaklander in honor of Dr. William Innes Homer, Art Historian and Professor Emeritus at the University of Delaware. Oaklander purchased the letters from Wynn Gaylor. An additional twenty-one documents, mostly cards and letters to Gaylor, were donated in 2015 by Wynn Gaylor.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Lithographers -- New York (State)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State)  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State)  Search this

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Artist couples  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers, circa 1849-1986, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.gaylwood

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Wood and Adelaide Lawson Gaylor papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw997c2632d-47a8-4d87-bbfe-fcd16920015f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gaylwood

Depicted (sitter):

Green, Ernest G.  Search this

Roberts, Terrence J.  Search this

Mothershed, Thelma  Search this

Walls, Carlotta  Search this

Little Rock Nine  Search this

Maker:

Dunbar High School  Search this

Physical Description:

printed (overall production method/technique)

bound (overall production method/technique)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

cardboard (cover material)

Measurements:

overall: 11 in x 8 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 27.94 cm x 20.955 cm x 1.5875 cm

Object Name:

yearbook

Object Type:

Books

Place assembled:

United States: Arkansas, Little Rock

Place made:

United States: Texas, Wolfe City

Place made:

United States: Arkansas, Little Rock

Date made:

1955

Related event:

Little Rock Integration Crisis  Search this

ID Number:

2016.0335.01

Accession number:

2016.0335

Catalog number:

2016.0335.01

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Home and Community Life: Education

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-06e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1820877

Creator:

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Subject:

Hauke, Cesar M. de (Cesar Mange)  Search this

Glaenzer, Eugene  Search this

Haardt, Georges  Search this

Seligman, Germain  Search this

Seligmann, Arnold  Search this

Parker, Theresa D.  Search this

Waegen, Rolf Hans  Search this

Trevor, Clyfford  Search this

Seligmann, René  Search this

Seligmann, Jacques  Search this

De Hauke & Co., Inc.  Search this

Jacques Seligmann & Co  Search this

Eugene Glaenzer & Co.  Search this

Germain Seligmann & Co.  Search this

Gersel  Search this

Type:

Gallery records

Citation:

Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Mackay, Clarence Hungerford, 1874-1938 -- Art collections  Search this

Schiff, Mortimer L. -- Art collections  Search this

Arenberg, duc d' -- Art collections  Search this

Liechtenstein, House of -- Art collections  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France -- Paris  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

La Fresnaye, Roger de, 1885-1925  Search this

Art, Renaissance  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Art treasures in war  Search this

Art, European  Search this

Theme:

Art Gallery Records  Search this

Art Market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9936

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212486

AAA_collcode_jacqself

Theme:

Art Gallery Records

Art Market

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212486

Photograph by:

Matt Herron, American, 1931 - 2020  Search this

Subject of:

Joyce Ladner Ph. D., American, born 1943  Search this

Medium:

pigment on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (paper): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)

H x W (image): 12 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (32.1 × 24.1 cm)

Type:

portraits

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

Tougaloo, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States

Date:

October 24, 1963; printed 2021

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Photography  Search this

Prisons  Search this

Religion  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jeannine and Matt Herron

Object number:

2022.88

Restrictions & Rights:

© Estate of Matt Herron

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59e515e87-f6c2-4478-b626-fbfb50b1a474

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2022.88

Created by:

Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998  Search this

Subject of:

Herbert Hill, American, 1924 - 2000  Search this

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 16 x 19 7/8 in. (40.6 x 50.5 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1966; printed 2000

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Labor  Search this

Photography  Search this

Segregation  Search this

U.S. History, 1961-1969  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tina Lashell Harris

Object number:

2013.34

Restrictions & Rights:

© Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a94c49f8-ed3c-451a-81b6-d9d946f452df

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.34

Photograph by:

United Press International, American, founded 1907  Search this

Subject of:

Graymont Elementary School, 1908 - 1989  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Unidentified Child or Children  Search this

Medium:

photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 9 1/8 × 7 in. (23.2 × 17.8 cm)

Type:

black-and-white photographs

Place depicted:

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1963

Topic:

African American  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey

Object number:

2014.312.214

Restrictions & Rights:

© United Press International

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f3a7c565-bf85-42b7-9da0-d8c8008a9378

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.312.214

Published by:

Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972  Search this

Manufactured by:

Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972  Search this

Subject of:

92d Infantry Division, American, 1917 - 1945  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, adhesive

Dimensions:

H x W x D (card): 7 × 3 3/8 × 1/16 in. (17.8 × 8.6 × 0.1 cm)

H x W (left image): 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (7.8 × 7.5 cm)

H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.8 × 7.7 cm)

Type:

black-and-white prints (photographs)

stereographs

Place made:

Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

captured 1918; printed 1919

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Photography  Search this

Segregation  Search this

World War I  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2014.37.7.15

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c787eb7f-ada3-4d9f-845c-7f84e55ec07d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.37.7.15

Directed by:

Madeline Anderson, American  Search this

Produced by:

Andover Productions, American  Search this

Subject of:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

Bayard Rustin, American, 1912 - 1987  Search this

Maya Angelou, American, 1928 - 2014  Search this

A. J. Whittenberg, American  Search this

Charles Diggs, American, 1922 - 1998  Search this

Tom Mboya, Kenyan, 1930 - 1969  Search this

Jackie Robinson, American, 1919 - 1972  Search this

James L. Farmer Jr., American, 1920 - 1999  Search this

Robert F. Williams, American, 1925 - 1996  Search this

Medium:

acetate film

Dimensions:

Duration: 24 Minutes

Length (Film): 750 Feet

Type:

black-and-white films (visual works)

16mm (photographic film size)

Place filmed:

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Greenville, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1960

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Education  Search this

Film  Search this

Justice  Search this

Political organizations  Search this

Segregation  Search this

U.S. History, 1953-1961  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Madeline Anderson

Object number:

2015.235.1.1a

Restrictions & Rights:

© Icarus Films

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Madeline Anderson Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Film and Video

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58d351e56-2570-4c35-b357-0d4b215ef931

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.235.1.1a

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American, 1925 - 1978  Search this

Oakland Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American, founded 1925  Search this

A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979  Search this

Florence Stephens Bryant, American, 1894 - 1985  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

L x W: 7 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (19.1 x 21 cm)

Type:

facsimiles

portraits

Date:

1951

Topic:

African American  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Labor  Search this

Photography  Search this

Pullman Porters  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Women  Search this

Women's organizations  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jackie Bryant Smith

Object number:

2010.66.128

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58b08df37-7332-4905-80a5-3f63e8f82678

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.66.128

Artist:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Roy Wilkins, 30 Aug 1901 - Sep 1981  Search this

Medgar Evers, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 19.4 x 24.2cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2")

Sheet: 20.7 x 25.4cm (8 1/8 x 10")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Mississippi\Jackson

Date:

1963

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Weapon\Gun  Search this

Equipment\Sign  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Exterior\Street  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Male  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Editorial writer  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Roy Wilkins: Congressional Gold Medal  Search this

Medgar Evers: Male  Search this

Medgar Evers: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Civil rights leader  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2001.81

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© The New York Times

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4d76e6153-e0fa-4a45-92fa-ae325dc509e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2001.81

Artist:

Seymour Kattelson, 11 Feb 1923 - 24 Nov 2018  Search this

Sitter:

Asa Philip Randolph, 15 Apr 1889 - 16 Mar 1979  Search this

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image/Sheet/Mount: 27.6 × 27.2 cm (10 7/8 × 10 11/16")

Mount (second): 50.6 × 40.6 cm (19 15/16 × 16")

Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")

Type:

Photograph

Place:

United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia

Date:

1948

Topic:

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Exterior  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Necklace\Pearl  Search this

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar  Search this

Baggage & Luggage\Bag  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Equipment\Camera  Search this

Equipment\Sign  Search this

Costume\Jewelry\Pin  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Male  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Performing Arts\Performer\Actor  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Labor leader  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist  Search this

Asa Philip Randolph: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.87.46

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Estate of Seymour Kattelson

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

The Struggle for Justice Refresh

On View:

NPG, West Gallery 220

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43afe0581-fef0-446e-ad56-724a6c0a6c31

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.87.46

Creator:

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Names:

Duke Ellington Orchestra  Search this

Washingtonians, The.  Search this

Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician)  Search this

Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History  Search this

Extent:

400 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Phonograph records

Papers

Photographic prints

Posters

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks

Music

Clippings

Awards

Audiotapes

Place:

New York (N.Y.) -- 20th century

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- 20th century

Washington (D.C.) -- 20th century

Date:

1903 - 1989

Summary:

The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, transcriptions, and sheet music. It also includes concert posters, concert programs, television, radio, motion picture and musical theater scripts, business records, correspondence, awards, as well as audiotapes, audiodiscs, photographs, tour itineraries, newspaper clippings, magazines, caricatures, paintings, and scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents:

Dating approximately from the time Duke Ellington permanently moved to New York City in 1923 to the time the material was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1988, the bulk of the material in the Duke Ellington Collection is dated from 1934-1974 and comprises sound recordings, original music manuscripts and published sheet music, hand-written notes, correspondence, business records, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, concert programs, posters, pamphlets, books and other ephemera. These materials document Ellington's contributions as composer, musician, orchestra leader, and an ambassador of American music and culture abroad. In addition, the materials paint a picture of the life of a big band maintained for fifty years and open a unique window through which to view an evolving American society.

The approximate four hundred cubic feet of archival materials have been processed and organized into sixteen series arranged by type of material. Several of the series have been divided into subseries allowing additional organization to describe the content of the material. For example, Series 6, Sound Recordings, is divided into four subseries: Radio and Television Interviews, Concert Performances, Studio Dates and Non-Ellington Recordings. Each series has its own scope and content note describing the material and arrangement (for example; Series 10, Magazines and Newspaper Articles, is organized into two groups, foreign and domestic, and arranged chronologically within each group). A container list provides folder titles and box numbers.

The bulk of the material is located in Series 1, Music Manuscripts, and consists of compositions and arrangements by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and other composers. Series 6, Sound Recordings also provides a record of the performance of many of these compositions. The materials in Series 2, Performances and Programs, Series 3, Business Records, Series 8, Scrapbooks, Series 9, Newspaper Clippings, Series 11, Publicity and Series 12, Posters provide documentation of specific performances by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Ellington was a spontaneous and prolific composer as evidenced by music, lyrical thoughts, and themes for extended works and plays captured on letterhead stationery in Series 3, Business Records, in the margin notes of individual books and pamphlets in Series 14, Religious Materials and Series 15, Books, and in the hand-written notes in Series 5, Personal Correspondence and Notes.

During its fifty-year lifespan, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra were billed under various names including The Washingtonians, The Harlem Footwarmers and The Jungle Band. The soloists were informally called "the band", and Series 3 includes salary statements, IOU's, receipts and ephemera relating to individual band members. Series 1, Music Manuscripts contains the soloists' parts and includes "band books" of several soloists (for example; Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges) and numerous music manuscripts of Billy Strayhorn. The changing role of Strayhorn from arranger hired in 1938 to Ellington's main collaborator and composer of many well-known titles for Duke Ellington and His Orchestra including "Take The A' Train" and "Satin Doll" can be traced in these music manuscripts. Series 7, Photographs and Series 2, Performances and Programs contain many images of the band members and Strayhorn. This Collection also documents the business history of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Series 3, Business Records contains correspondence on letterhead stationery and Series 11, Publicity contains promotional material from the various booking agencies, professional companies, and public relations firms that managed the Orchestra.

The materials in the Duke Ellington Collection provide insight into public and institutional attitudes towards African Americans in mid-twentieth-century America. The business records in Series 3 beginning in 1938 and published sheet music in Series 1 depict Duke Ellington's progression from an African-American musician who needed "legitimization" by a white publisher, Irving Mills, to a businessmen who established his own companies including Tempo Music and Duke Ellington, Incorporated to control his copyright and financial affairs. Programs from the segregated Cotton Club in Series 2, Performances And Programs and contracts with no-segregation clauses in Series 3: Business Records further illustrate racial policies and practices in this time period. The public shift in perception of Duke Ellington from a leader of an exotic "Jungle Band" in the 1930s to a recipient of the Congressional Medal Of Freedom in 1970 is evidenced in Series 2, Performances And Programs, Series 12, Posters, Series 7, Photographs and Series 13, Awards. Reviews and articles reflecting Ellington's evolving status are also documented in Series 8, Newspaper Clippings, Series 9, Scrapbooks, Series 10, Newspaper and Magazine Articles.

The materials in the Duke Ellington Collection reflect rapid technological changes in American society from 1923-1982. Sound recordings in Series 6 range from 78 phonograph records of three minutes duration manufactured for play on Victrolas in monaural sound to long-playing (LP) phonograph records produced for stereo record players. Television scripts in Series 4, programs in Series 2 and music manuscripts (for example, Drum Is A Woman) in Series 1 demonstrate how the development of television as a means of mass communication spread the Orchestra's sound to a wider audience. The availability of commercial air travel enabled the Ellington Orchestra to extend their international performances from Europe to other continents including tours to Asia, Africa, South America and Australia and archival material from these tours is included in every series.

Series 4, Scripts and Transcripts and Series 6, Audio Recordings contain scripts and radio performances promoting the sale of United States War bonds during World War II, and Series 7, Photographs includes many images of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra's performances for military personnel revealing the impact of historic events on Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Series 2: Programs and Performances, Series 9, Newspaper clippings and Series 8, Scrapbooks document the 1963 Far East tour aborted as a result of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The Duke Ellington Collection contains works by numerous twentieth-century music, literature, and art luminaries. Series 1, Music Manuscripts contains original music manuscripts of William Grant Still, Eubie Blake, Mary Lou Williams, and others. Series 4, Scripts and Transcripts contains a play by Langston Hughes, and Series 12, Posters contains many original artworks.

Arrangement:

Series 1: Music Manuscripts, circa 1930-1981, undated

Series 2: Performances and Programs, 1933-1973, undated

Series 3: Business Records, 1938-1988

Series 4: Scripts and Transcripts, 1937-1970

Series 5: Personal Correspondence and Notes, 1941-1974, undated

Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1927-1974

Series 7: Photographs, 1924-1972, undated

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1931-1973

Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1973, undated

Series 10: Magazine Articles and Newspaper Clippings, 1940-1974

Series 11: Publicity, 1935-1988

Series 12: Posters and Oversize Graphics, 1933-1989, undated

Series 13: Awards, 1939-1982

Series 14: Religious Material, 1928-1974

Series 15: Books, 1903-1980

Series 16: Miscellaneous, 1940-1974

Biographical / Historical:

A native of Washington, DC, Edward Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29, 1899. Edward was raised in a middle-class home in the Northwest section of Washington described by his sister Ruth--younger by sixteen years--as a "house full of love." Ellington himself wrote that his father J.E. (James Edward) raised his family "as though he were a millionaire" but Edward was especially devoted to his mother, Daisy Kennedy Ellington. In 1969, thirty-four years after his mother's death, Ellington accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom with these words, "There is nowhere else I would rather be tonight but in my mother's arms." Both his parents played the piano and Ellington began piano lessons at the age of seven, but like many boys he was easily distracted by baseball.

In his early teens, Ellington sneaked into Washington clubs and performance halls where he was exposed to ragtime musicians, including James P. Johnson, and where he met people from all walks of life. He returned in earnest to his piano studies, and at age fourteen wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag" also known as "Poodle Dog Rag." Ellington was earning income from playing music at seventeen years of age, and around this time he earned the sobriquet "Duke" for his sartorial splendor and regal air. On July 2, 1918, he married a high school sweetheart, Edna Thompson; their only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born on March 11, 1919. Duke Ellington spent the first twenty-four years of his life in Washington's culturally thriving Negro community. In this vibrant atmosphere he was inspired to be a composer and learned to take pride in his African-American heritage.

Ellington moved to New York City in 1923 to join and eventually lead a small group of transplanted Washington musicians called "The Washingtonians," which included future Ellington band members, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwicke and "Bubber" Miley. Between 1923 and 1927, the group played at the Club Kentucky on Broadway and the ensemble increased from a quintet to a ten-piece orchestra. With stride pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith as his unofficial guide, Ellington soon became part of New York's music scene; Smith proved to be a long-lasting influence on Duke's composing and arranging direction. At the Club Kentucky, Ellington came under the tutelage of another legendary stride pianist, "Fats" Waller. Waller, a protege of Johnson and Smith, played solos during the band's breaks and also tutored Ellington who began to show progress in his compositions. In November 1924, Duke made his publishing and recording debut with "Choo Choo (I Got To Hurry Home)" released on the Blu-Disc label. In 1925, he contributed two songs to Chocolate Kiddies, an all-black revue which introduced European audiences to black American styles and performers. By this time Ellington's family, Edna and Mercer, had joined him in New York City. The couple separated in the late 1920's, but they never divorced or reconciled.

Ellington's achievements as a composer and bandleader began to attract national attention while he worked at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, from 1927 to 1932. The orchestra developed a distinctive sound that displayed the non-traditional voicings of Ellington's arrangements and featured the unique talents of the individual soloists. Ellington integrated his soloists' exotic-sounding trombone growls and wah-wahs, their high-squealed trumpets, their sultry saxophone blues licks and Harlem's street rhythms into his arrangements. In the promotional material of the Cotton Club, the band was often billed as "Duke Ellington and His Jungle Band." With the success of compositions like "Mood Indigo," and an increasing number of recordings and national radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club, the band's reputation soared.

The ten years from 1932 to 1942 are considered by some major critics to represent the "golden age" for the Ellington Orchestra, but it represents just one of their creative peaks. These years did bring an influx of extraordinary new talent to the band including Jimmy Blanton on double bass, Ben Webster on tenor saxophone, and Ray Nance on trumpet, violin and vocals. During this ten year span Ellington composed several of his best known short works, including "Concerto For Cootie," "Ko-Ko," "Cotton Tail," "In A Sentimental Mood," and Jump For Joy, his first full-length musical stage revue.

Most notably, 1938 marked the arrival of Billy Strayhorn. While a teenager in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Strayhorn had already written "Lush Life," "Something To Live For" and a musical, Fantastic Rhythm. Ellington was initially impressed with Strayhorn's lyrics but realized long before Billy's composition "Take the A' Train" became the band's theme song in 1942 that Strayhorn's talents were not limited to penning clever lyrics. By 1942, "Swee' Pea" had become arranger, composer, second pianist, collaborator, and as Duke described him, "my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine." Many Ellington/Strayhorn songs have entered the jazz canon, and their extended works are still being discovered and studied today. Strayhorn remained with the Ellington Organization until his death on May 30, 1967.

Ellington had often hinted of a work in progress depicting the struggle of blacks in America. The original script, Boola, debuted in Carnegie Hall in November of 1943, retitled Black, Brown and Beige. The performance met with mixed reviews, and although Ellington often returned to Carnegie Hall the piece was never recorded in a studio, and after 1944 was never performed in entirety again by the Ellington Orchestra. Nonetheless, it is now considered a milestone in jazz composition.

After World War II the mood and musical tastes of the country shifted and hard times befell big bands, but Ellington kept his band together. The band was not always financially self-sufficient and during the lean times Ellington used his songwriting royalties to meet the soloists' salaries. One could assign to Ellington the altruistic motive of loyalty to his sidemen, but another motivation may have been his compositional style which was rooted in hearing his music in the formative stage come alive in rehearsal. "The band was his instrument," Billy Strayhorn said, and no Ellington composition was complete until he heard the orchestra play it. Then he could fine tune his compositions, omit and augment passages, or weave a soloist's contribution into the structure of the tune.

In 1956, the American public rediscovered Duke and the band at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. The searing performances of tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves on "Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue," his premiere soloist, alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges on "Jeep's Blues", and the crowd's ecstatic reaction have become jazz legend. Later that year Duke landed on the cover of Time magazine. Although Ellington had previously written music for film and television (including the short film, Black and Tan Fantasy in 1929) it wasn't until 1959 that Otto Preminger asked him to score music for his mainstream film, Anatomy of a Murder, starring Jimmy Stewart. Paris Blues in 1961, featuring box-office stars Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier in roles as American jazz musicians in Paris, followed.

Ellington's first performance overseas was in England in 1933, but the 1960s brought extensive overseas tours including diplomatic tours sponsored by the State Department. Ellington and Strayhorn composed exquisite extended works reflecting the sights and sounds of their travels, including the Far East Suite, 1966. They wrote homages to their classical influences; in 1963, they adapted Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and celebrated Shakespeare's works with the suite Such Sweet Thunder in 1957. With Ella Fitzgerald, they continued the Norman Granz Songbook Series. Ellington also began to flex his considerable pianist skills and recorded albums with John Coltrane (1963), Coleman Hawkins (1963), Frank Sinatra, and Money Jungle (1963) with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. The First Sacred Concert debuted in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral in 1965. In his final years, Ellington's thoughts turned to spiritual themes and he added a Second (1968) and Third (1973) Concert of Sacred Music to his compositions.

In his lifetime, Duke received numerous awards and honors including the highest honor bestowed on an American civilian, the Congressional Medal Of Freedom. In 1965, Ellington was recommended for a Pulitzer Prize to honor his forty years of contribution to music but the recommendation was rejected by the board. Most likely he was disappointed, but his response at the age of sixty-six was, "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be famous too young."

Ellington never rested on his laurels or stopped composing. Whenever he was asked to name his favorite compositions his characteristic reply was "the next five coming up," but to please his loyal fans Ellington always featured some of his standards in every performance. Even on his deathbed, he was composing the opera buffo called Queenie Pie.

Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974 at seventy-five years of age. His funeral was held in New York's Cathedral of St. John The Divine; he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. His long-time companion Beatrice "Evie" Ellis was buried beside him after her death in 1976. He was survived by his only child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, who not only took up the baton to lead the Duke Ellington Orchestra but assumed the task of caring for his father's papers and his legacy to the nation. Mercer Ellington died in Copenhagan, Denmark on February 8, 1996, at the age of seventy-six. Ruth Ellington Boatwright died in New York on March 6, 2004, at the age of eighty-eight. Both Mercer and Ruth were responsible for shepherding the documents and artifacts that celebrate Duke Ellington's genius and creative life to their current home in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William H. Quealy Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings (AC0296)

Rutgers University Collection of Radio Interviews about Duke Ellington (AC0328)

Duke Ellington Oral History Project (AC0368)

Duke Ellington Collection of Ephemera and realated Audiovisual Materials (AC0386)

Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group Proceedings (AC0385)

Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0388)

Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Prints (AC0389)

New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection (AC390)

Earl Okin Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0391)

William Russo Transcription and Arrangement of Duke Ellington's First Concert of Sacred Music (AC0406)

Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0415)

Music manuscripts in the Ruth Ellington Collection complement the music manuscripts found in the Duke Ellington Collection.

Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington (AC0422)

Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia (AC0494)

Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera (AC0502)

Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0704)

Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Music Arrangements (AC0740)

John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC0763)

Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials (AC1240)

Materials at Other Organizations

Institute of Jazz Studies

Separated Materials:

Artifacts related to this collection are in the Division of Culture and the Arts (now Division of Cultural and Community Life) and include trophies, plaques, and medals. See accessions: 1989.0369; 1991.0808; 1993.0032; and 1999.0148.

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Provenance:

The collection was purchased through an appropriation of Congress in 1988.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:

Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.

Occupation:

Composers -- 20th century  Search this

Topic:

Big bands  Search this

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Bandsmen -- 20th century  Search this

Jazz -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Musicians -- 20th century  Search this

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African Americans -- History  Search this

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Music -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

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Genre/Form:

Phonograph records

Papers

Photographic prints

Posters

Sound recordings

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Music -- Manuscripts

Clippings

Awards

Audiotapes

Citation:

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0301

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep850a376a1-6b6d-48bc-9076-cffef76fea2c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0301

Collection Creator:

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1931-1973

Scope and Contents:

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1937-1973 consists of seventy-seven scrapbooks containing domestic and international newspaper clippings and magazine articles compiled by Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau for the Ellington organization between 1931 and 1973. The news clippings include announcements of Ellington performances and jazz festivals, performance and record reviews, information on Ellington's foreign and domestic tours, discussions of Ellington's composition style and his management of the Ellington Orchestra, music popularity polls, obituaries, tributes, and essays concerning the social issues of importance to Ellington. In addition, there are advertisements, programs, invitations, itineraries, letters and telegrams.

As Ellington's performing career progressed, the scrapbooks document a change in the press from simple announcements of concerts and record releases to longer and more laudatory articles praising Ellington's activities and his music, beliefs, and lifestyle. Taken as a whole, the bound and unbound clippings in series 8 and 9 provide insight into the growth of Ellington's popularity and social status, as well as the changing musical, social, political, and racial dynamics of the United States after World War II.

The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically by the beginning span date of each volume. Most volumes cover only a few months while others span several years. Overlapping dates generally occur because the articles were compiled and mounted in the scrapbooks in the order they were received by Burrelle's, without regard to time lags incurred due to location of origin and frequency of publication. Volume numbers refer to individual bound collections of mounted clippings. Each microfilm roll covers several scrapbook volumes.

Of interest are articles documenting the boycott and cancellation of an Ellington concert by the local chapter of the NAACP in Richmond, Virginia, in February, 1951 (box 17), Mercer Ellington's musical career (box 35), Ellington's 70th birthday party and presidential concert at the Nixon White House (box 62), the premiere of The River at the new Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (box 73), foreign press coverage of the Ellington Orchestra's international tours, including those to Europe (boxes 1, 10, 18, 21-23, 30, 47), the Middle East (boxes 33-34), South American (box 57), Southeast Asia (box 66), and the Soviet Union (box 73), articles written by Ellington (box 2), the New Yorker three-part series on Ellington (box 13), Ellington's views on segregation (boxes 17, 25-26), the Sacred Music concerts (boxes 41, 50-54), and the tribute to Ellington, "Duke Ellington . . . We Love You Madly" (boxes 74-75).

Mounted congratulatory letters addressed to Ellington commemorating the tenth anniversary of his premiere at the Cotton Club are in box 47. Among them, are letters from Chick Webb, Helen Oakley, Glenn Burrs, Andre Kostelanetz, Victor Young, Cab Colloway, Ferde Grofe, Louis Armstrong, Xavier Cugat, Rudy Vallee, George Frazier, Sammy Kaye, Irving Mills, W.C. Handy, Abel Green, Joe Higgins, and M.H. Orodenker.

Box 31 contains unbound, mounted clippings that have not been microfilmed. Please consult the reference archivist for information regarding their use.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but the original and master audiovisual materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Copyright restrictions. Consult the Archives Center at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Paul Ellington, executor, is represented by:

Richard J.J. Scarola, Scarola Ellis LLP, 888 Seventh Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10106. Telephone (212) 757-0007 x 235; Fax (212) 757-0469; email: rjjs@selaw.com; www.selaw.com; www.ourlawfirm.com.

Collection Citation:

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Processing and encoding partially funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0301, Series 8

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Duke Ellington Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89c54a67f-f553-42c7-80a7-c79779de93c5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0301-ref54087

Artist:

Purvis Young, born Miami, FL 1943-died Miami, FL 2010  Search this

Medium:

acrylic on wood

Dimensions:

88 × 77 in. (223.5 × 195.6 cm)

Type:

Painting

Folk Art

Date:

1973-1974

Topic:

Figure male  Search this

Cityscape  Search this

Architecture\vehicle\truck  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\apartment  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Grumbacher-Viener Collection in memory of Nancy Grumbacher

Object number:

2014.15

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, 3rd Floor, East Wing

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71dd4ff09-ac8e-459f-9afe-c3f82185ed52

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_2014.15

Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Home Furnishing Styles Association of America, American, founded 1923  Search this

Medium:

varnish on wood with reflective glass and iron

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 26 × 20 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (66 × 52.1 × 31.8 cm)

Type:

side tables

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1924

Topic:

African American  Search this

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Business  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.12

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection

Classification:

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53e0c829d-5b1e-40bc-ba56-064ab3970203

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.12

Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Medium:

varnish on mahogany with wood

Dimensions:

H x W x D (2011.12.14a): 49 1/2 × 57 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (125.7 × 145.4 × 6 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14b): 43 3/4 × 57 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (111.1 × 145.4 × 6.7 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14c): 4 1/2 × 38 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 97 × 4 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14d): 4 1/2 × 38 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11.5 × 97 × 4 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14e): 11/16 × 53 11/16 × 3 11/16 in. (1.8 × 136.3 × 9.3 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14f): 11/16 × 54 × 3 11/16 in. (1.7 × 137.1 × 9.3 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14g): 3/4 × 53 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (1.9 × 136.5 × 6.8 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14h): 11/16 × 54 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (1.8 × 137.3 × 6.8 cm)

H x W x D (2011.12.14i): 11/16 × 54 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (1.8 × 137.4 × 6.8 cm)

Type:

bed slats

bedframes

footboards

headboards

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1948

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Business  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.14a-i

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection

Classification:

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56954392d-9cbb-4c40-a4c6-a0653c186d77

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.14a-i

Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Medium:

varnish on wood

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 59 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (150.5 × 48.9 × 48.9 cm)

Type:

étagères

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

mid 20th century

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Business  Search this

Recreation  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.15

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection

Classification:

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564ba74ad-2fed-4ec3-9f30-a17ac370cbdd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.15

Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Clayton Sinclair, American  Search this

Hazel Sinclair, American  Search this

Subject of:

Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976  Search this

Medium:

varnish on wood with reflective glass, metal and plastic

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 65 × 26 × 12 1/2 in. (165.1 × 66 × 31.8 cm)

Type:

bookcases

writing desks

Place collected:

Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America

Date:

mid 20th century

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Business  Search this

Recreation  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Travel  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.

Object number:

2011.12.16

Restrictions & Rights:

No known copyright restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection

Classification:

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd530eac2db-4c37-4167-8e32-ebdc0e631540

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.12.16